Dust-pan.



A. E. GLOTFELTY.

DUST PAN.

APYLIGATION TILED 11.4, 1914.

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ARTHUR E. GLOTFELTY, OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUST-PAN.

Another object is to provide a dust pan having its working edge disposed at an angle to its ends, so that the pan may be readily manipulated in the corners of a room or floor.

A further object is to provide a dust pan having a bottom provided with corruga- 'tions disposed at an angle to the working edge and directed toward one of the forward corners of the pan, so that the dirt contained on the pan may be readily concentrated toward that corner to facilitate "apid dumping into a small receptacle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a double dust pan having a singlesheet of metal acting as a bottom for either side of the pan, and having a working edge secured along the forward edge of the bottom and providing shoulders along said forward edge to prevent loss of dust from the bottom, the working edge at one end on both sides being flattened to merge with the bottom to allow removal of dust from the bottom.

An aditional object of the invention is to provide a dust pan which will be very simple, durable, easy of manipulation, and inexpensive to manufacture.

WVith these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which Figure 1, represents a plan view of the pan, showing the same as hung up out of use, and showing a method of securing a whisk broom in convenient position to be used with the pan, Fig. 2, represents a rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Application filed April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,485.

edge view of the pan, Fig. 3, represents a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the handle and transversely of the bottom of the pan, Fig. 4, represents a front edge view of the pan, and, Fig. 5, represents a side elevational view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the pan comprises a bottom 5, a working edge 6, sides 7 and 8, a back 9, and handle 10. The back 9 is curved transversely, and tapers slightly from one end, to which the end wall 7 is secured, toward the opposite end to which the end wall 8, is secured, and the wall 7 is somewhat longer than wall 8, and correspondingly greater in width throughout its length than wall 8, said walls having their upper and lower edges converging from their rear ends toward their front ends, and meeting at a point at their.

front ends, so that each wall is substantially the shape of a sector.

The bottom 5 is preferably formed of a single sheet of suitable metal, and is secured at its ends along the medial line of the end walls 7 and 8, and at its rear ec ge along the l'l'lMllttl line of the back 9, said back at its edges curving over the rear edge of the bottom, so that a substantially double pan is provided, the bottom 5 acting as a bottom for either side of the pan. The handle 10 is secured centrally of back 9, and is preferably hollow, and at its rear end is closed by a wooden plug 11, to which an eye 12 is secured by means of which the pan may be hung up out of the way when not in use, and the forward end of the handle extends througlrback 9 and is provided with a pair of wooden plugs 13, in which are secured hooks 1 1, extending from the handle on both sides of bottom 5, so that a whisk broom, indicated at 15, may be supported by one or the other of the hooks, in convenient position to be used in combination with the pan.

The forward edge of bottom 5, or that. edge which is opposite back 9, is straight, and is disposed at an angle to said back, and at an acute angle to wall 7, and at an obtuse angle to wall 8, so that the working edge of the pan may be manipulated in corners, and the front edge of the bottom is bound by a working edge or strip 6, which is substantially triai'igular in cross section, as shown in Fig. 3, and which is provided with a sharp forward edge 16, and with a substantially square rear edge 17, and the forward edge of bottom 5 projects into and is secured to the rear edge of the binding strip or working edge 6, and said strip forms shoulders on each side of the bottom 5 to prevent dust from sliding off of the bottom after it has been deposited thereon.

By reason of one of the end walls beingof smaller dimensions than the other end wall, it is evident that the Working edge 6 will lie flat upon the floor or other surface being dusted, when the pan is in operation.

The bottom 5 is provided with a plurality of corrugations 18, which are straight and parallel, and extend from the rear wall to points equally distant from the working edge, from which points to the working edge the bottom is flat, as at 19, and the corrugations extend at an angle to the back and are inclined toward the end of the working edge nearest wall 7, and that end of the working edge is flattened on both sides and merges with the opposite surfaces of bottom 5, as at 20, so as to provide an opening or ap in the shoulder formed by the working edge, through which the dust may pass into a suitable receptacle when the pan is emptied. The reason for directing the corrugations toward the opening, is that by turning the pan so that this opening is directed downwardly, the dust and dirt will slide out of the corrugations on to the flat portion 19 at the forward ends thereof, and down said portion to be con centra-ted and passed through the opening formed at the flattened portion of the working edge.

Although the working edge has been shown as being a separate piece of material from bottom 5, it may, if so desired, be formed of the same material and integral therewith, and it will, of course, be understood that the material of which the pan is made is optional with the manufacturer, and that such changes may be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts of the embodiment illustrated, as

do not depart from the spirit of the invention, and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A dust pan comprising a back, end walls secured to the ends of the back, a bottom secured along the medial lines of the end walls and back, a handle secured to said back, a working edge disposed near the front edge of said bottom and raised above the same, said working edge being disposed at an angle to said end Walls, said bottom provided with straight parallel corrugations eX- tending from near its rear edge to points disposed on a line parallel with the working edge and spaced therefrom, said bottom being fiat from said working edge to the corrugations, said corrugations being inclined toward one end of the working edge, said working edge at that end being flattened to merge with the surfaces of the bottom.

2-. A dust pan comprising endwalls and a back, a bottom secured to said end Walls and back, and alongthe medial lines thereof whereby to form a double pan, a working edge provided along the edge of said bottom opposite the back, said Working edge being disposed at an angle to the end walls, and forming a shoulder extend ng longitudinally of the bottom at its forward edge e on each side thereof, saidworking edge at one end being flattened on each side to merge with the opposite surfaces of the bottom.

3. A dust pan including a bottom and end walls, said bottom being connected to the end walls along the medial line of the latter whereby to form a double or reversible pan, a working edge provided along the forward edge of the bottom and forming shoulders on opposite surfaces thereof, said working edge at one end. belng flattened to merge with the opposite sides of the bottom.

ARTHUR E. GLOTFELTY.

Witnesses D. H. FLIOK, Cnas. S. VVoons.

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Washington. D. U. 

